August 2016 – Page 2 – The FCS Wedge

2016 Big Sky Preview: Sacramento State

August 26, 2016August 27, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 2-9 (1-7) Key Returners: Jordan Robinson, Nate Ketteringham, Isiah Hennie, Manoah Pearson Key Losses: Shane Harrison, Brad Cornish Last year is probably a year the Hornets would like to forget, finishing the season at 2-9, with one of their wins coming against a Division II team. Many of the Hornets losses weren’t even close contests. Needless to say,... Read More

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Presbyterian

August 24, 2016August 27, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Preview courtesy of Libertine on AGS Harold Nichols’ squad was a consistently tough out for nearly everyone on their schedule in 2015. The Blue Hose were competitive in nearly every game and were within one score in each of their conference losses. They were particularly sturdy on defense, holding playoff teams Coastal Carolina, Charleston Southern and... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Portland State

August 24, 2016August 27, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 9-3 (6-2) Key Returners: Davond Dade, Xavier Coleman, Jonathan Gonzales, Alex Kuresa Key Losses: David Jones, Thomas Carter III, Patrick Onwuasor Portland State found themselves at the top of the food chain very temporarily last season. They shocked the college football world when they opened the season in a very soggy Pullman, Washington and knocked off Mike Leach’s... Read More

2016 MVFC Preseason Preview: Western Illinois

August 23, 2016August 27, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Record: 7-6 (5-3), 2nd Round Playoff loss Key Returnees: QB Trenton Norvell, QB Sean McGuire, WR Lance Lenoir, WR Joey Borsellino, LB Brett Taylor, LB Adam Brott, DB David Griffith Key Losses: RB Nikko Watson, DL Kris Harley, DL Eddy Holtschlag, DL Gavin Ricketts Last season the Leathernecks became the first team in FCS history to receive an... Read More

2016 Preseason OVC Preview: Southeast Missouri State

August 23, 2016August 16, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Record: 4-7 (3-4 OVC) Key Losses: WR Paul McRoberts (First Team All-OVC) Key Returnees: RB Tremane McCullough (First Team All-OVC), LB Roper Garrett (Second Team All-OVC) Believe or not, SEMO was close to being 8-3 team, being #2 in the OVC, and taking EIU’s spot in the playoffs last year. Four of the Redhawks’ losses were decided... Read More

Week 0 Big South Preview

August 22, 2016August 27, 2016 Chad Lenz

TweetSubmitted by Libertine Charleston Southern @ North Dakota State (Saturday, Aug. 27th – 7:30pm – ESPN) Well, college football is finally back as Charleston Southern travels to North Dakota State to kick off the first game in the country of the 2016 season. Oddly enough, it will not be the first game to kick off outside... Read More

2016 Preseason Big South Preview: Monmouth

August 22, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet*Preview courtesy of Libertine on AGS Based on 2015, Monmouth should have been the dark horse pick to make some noise in the Big South this year. Having swapped out virtually their entire offensive personnel and schemes, the Hawks got off to a slow start losing to Holy Cross, Central Michigan and Fordham, picked up... Read More

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lehigh

August 22, 2016August 9, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Results: 6-5 (4-2) Returning starters: Offense 8 Defense 8 Lehigh had its worst season in 22 years in 2014 when they bottomed out at 3-8. They responded last year by getting back to a winning season and competing for the Patriot League title despite a historically bad defense. There’s reason to believe things are... Read More

2016 Big Sky Preview: Northern Arizona

August 22, 2016August 7, 2016 Brad Reed

Tweet2015 Record: 7-4 (5-3) Key Returners: Case Cookus, Emmanual Butler Key Departures: Casey Jahn, Dejzon Walker, RJ Rickert, Alex Holmes The Lumberjacks are coming off of a pretty good season, finishing the year at 7-4 and just missing the FCS playoffs. A crushing season ending loss to conference champion Southern Utah ended their chance at a playoff spot. There’s a... Read More

2016 Preseason Patriot League Preview: Lafayette

August 19, 2016August 8, 2016 Chad Lenz

Tweet2015 Results: 1-10 (0-6) Returning starters: Offense 10 Defense 7 The 2016 Leopards are one of the prime examples of “Good news, everyone returns. The bad news is, every one returns.” After 16 seasons some fans may be feeling the second part of that statement about the coaching staff. Frank Tavani took over a program, at the... Read More